haiya today iam tasting the filter coffee. very neat and cute kolam.
Lovely padi kolam Saka. It's so nice of ur hubby to upload kolams here on your behalf. Please convey our wishes to him.
Mahalakshmi
Wow Beautiful double stroke kolam and nice pattern.
Very nice padikolam design with good border designs....
very nice design saka
lovely beautiful padikolam !-suguna murugesan
Lovely padi kolam. The design is very cute.
wow very nice and gud one.
lovely padi kolam
-seetha suresh
pretty good decorations
Saka, I saw ur comment on my maa kolam. Thanks a lot dear and happy to see u in commenting section. U had asked me regarding preparation of rice paste for maa kolam. Here it goes -
Soak required qty of rice in water for about 2 - 3 hours. Then grind it into a smooth thick paste. Take required qty of thick paste and dilute it using water. It should be in the consistency of thick milk. Take a cotton wade dip it in water first and then dip it in diluted rice paste and start making kolams using ur ring finger (for single line) or both ring and middle finger (for two ezhais, if u r comfortable). Whenever the paste becomes very thick keep adding water to dilute it. the balance rice paste, if any, left over, pour in a plate and keep it in sun for getting it dried. After it is dried, u can make it into small pieces and store it. Whenever required, u can soak these dry pieces in water. In about 10 - 15 minutes, it well completely dissolve in water and u can make kolams as desired.
But sometimes, instead of making this rice paste, i use idli/dosa batter for making wet maa kolams.
Also please note, along with rice, add 1 tablespoon of urud dhal while soaking. If u add urud dhal, ur kolams will stand longer on the floor. It will not get vanished soon unlike with rice paste.
Mahalakshmi